Volkl V-Fuse Hybrid 17/1.25 String
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Overview
Offering control and spin with the copolymer polyester Cyclone as well as the lively feel and arm friendliness of the V-Icon Natural Gut, V-Fuse provides an effective hybrid to offer the best of both worlds.
- Gauge: Volkl Cyclone 17g (1.25mm) / V-Icon Natural Gut 17g (1.25mm)
- Length: Volkl Cyclone - 22 feet (6.7m) / Volkl V-Icon - 20 feet (6m)
- Composition: Copolymer polyester monofilament and natural gut
- Color: Black and Yellow
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Customer Reviews
My new hybrid of choice!I am a 3.5 Men's doubles player, serve and volley player and this combination works very well for me. Poly in the mains and gut in the crosses. I hit fairly flat two handed backhand, and a lot of one handed backhand and forehand slices. Fairly big lefty serve, flat kick and slice. The Cyclone ads incredible spin to serves and really help give me some diving groundstrokes on short right angles returns. I string at 55 lbs as need the control more, strings wear very well.
Not Durable, but lively.I'm a heavy topspinner and strung the natural as mains 56 lbs and the poly as cross 53 lbs on my Wilson Pro Staff V13...I did short court drills for 15 mins and then 5 mins into the baseline drill, the main string snapped on the sweet spot. I'm quite disappointed on the durability. The yellow coating made the natural loose its feel and the poly notches on too quick. The strings were lively when it lasted. Maybe I'm just unlucky and got a bad pack.
Great hybrid string comboI've tried several hybrid combos. This is easily my favorite. Price is reasonable. Durability is awesome. Easy to string for a hybrid with natural gut. I prefer the poly in the mains and the gut in the crosses. This has given me an excellent blend of power, control, and feel. It's become my go to string.
Best hybrid string comboI have tried the various gut/poly hybrid combos from Babolat (VS gut and RPM blast) and Wilson (Champion's choice) and have found this to be the best. It is also the cheapest of the 3. The Volkl gut is very durable and the Cyclone is a very spin friendly and comfortable poly. I used the gut in the mains and the poly as crosses and the result is amazing power, spin and good control. It is also very arm friendly and I string it at low tensions (48 pounds) and the spin helps to tame the power. The Volkl gut is coated in a yellow material that is very tough and resistant and I wasn't even sure it was gut at first until I looked more closely at a cross section of the string.
Previous Feedback
Comments: Excellent product. I have tried five different polyesters, all popular brands in both full bed and hybrid setups, I hated them all as they were muted, harsh, dead feeling strings, at least to me. I've also played a full bed of VS Touch. Nice feeling, but lacking somewhat in control and a lot of money. Though subjective, this setup was fantastic feeling, good pocketing, control, power, and arm-friendly. I string my own racquet with gut on the mains at 52 and Cyclone on the crosses at 48 pounds. Felt good the first time I hit with it and even better once it had about an hour of hitting on it. Just a really nice feeling setup with good control and the ability to find the angles. Highly recommended. I am a 4.0-4.5 level baseliner, hitting with a Prince Beast O3 98.
From: Kevin, 8/26/20
Comments: I use multifilament strings exclusively as crosses to soften the poly in mains. I use mostly Gosen OG Micro for crosses but occasionally experiment with other soft strings. This one was terrible. It has very low abrasion resistance which is important for a cross, it's fluffed and broke in under 2 hours of playing. Tension was set at 55 lbs. I have tried Alpha Gut next and that lasted around 10 hours, almost as much as Gosen. This string might work for flat hitters in mains, crosses with smooth multi -- not sure. It was useless to me.
From:Nik, 2/18/18
Comments: If you do not break strings this is a great setup. I let it sit in my bag overnight after stringing and played doubles the next morning. Wasn't impressed. From the second day on, this has been an insane setup for me. The gut is now fraying (after a couple hours) but it is still playing great. I put the gut in the mains and Cyclone in the crosses. Just a great setup. It's not cheap, but I may be done trying setups, because this is way more comfortable than full poly, and just better in everything else. Life is short, treat yourself. It's $23 to experience natural gut, and a poly in a well thought out combo. I am going to string up some Babolat VS I have, to see if I like it better. But, if I don't I will be buying 10 sets of this stuff, it is that good (for me) I put it in my Textreme Tour 100 T, and strung the Gut mains at 56 lbs, and the Cyclone crosses at 52 lbs. The look on my opponents faces when they think a shot is going out, only to have it dive in, is priceless (and definitely worth more than $23)!
From:John, 10/15
Comments: Playability-wise, they are great. Unfortunately, durability-wise, they just aren't good. The gut notches way too quickly. The first time, the notching prevented the Cyclone in the mains from moving which severely reduced the amount of spin I could generate. The second time, I strung the gut in the mains. Less than a week later, I broke the gut. I wish these had better durability because I would play with them.
From:Huy, 8/14
Comments: These strings are my babies. Had them for 2 months and they still have not broke and are barely frayed. Play-ability and spin is good, great spin too. Beside the price, they are great.
From:Bob, 4/14
Comments: The price is good but I could not tell it was real gut. The yellow coating on the gut totally ruins the gut qualities and ends up playing more spongy like a good multi. I put gut in the mains and was hoping for a feel like Babolat VS/co-poly hybrid, not even close. I would not recommend for a gut in main hybrid. On the flip side, it probably would be great with the poly in the mains but I'm going to move on.
From:Steve, 9/11
Comments: This string is very lively, very good ball pocketing and grip! Great kick! Go for your shots with this string and you will be rewarded! Very good control too. I found it to be more than Babolat Hybrid with gut! Top notch string for sure!
From:Mark, 9/11
Comments: I strung up my racket with Volkl V-fuse 17 yesterday. I actually used Boris Becker champion's choice Gut on the crosses because I had an unused half set lying around. The gut that came with this package was still secured with the cinch tie, so I thought it'd be easier to use the already unwound natural gut. I highly doubt that this would change the characteristics because Volkl is the parent company of Boris Becker brand rackets and strings. So, I believe Volkl Natural Gut equals Boris Becker Natural Gut. Anyways, I strung the poly on the mains and gut crosses. after about ten minutes, it appeared the gut was fraying. but upon closer inspection, all fraying was superficial and didn't really get worse over the next hour. The poly main felt very soft for a poly, it really pocketed the ball well. Also, the shape of poly did result in quite a bit of increased ball bite and topspin. Durability would be an issue if you are a frequent string breaker. I had significant notching in the poly mains after less than an hour and a half of play. I would be surprised if they lasted me another 20 minutes of solid hitting. (Keep in mind, I usually break 16 gauge synthetic gut in about 2 hours, 17 gauge in about an hour. A good poly will last me about 6-8 hours.) So, durability wise, it's not much better than your average Synthetic Gut. I can't comment on tension maintenance. If you are looking for a sting with a lot of give and topspin potential, or if you've got shoulder and/or elbow problems, this would be a great option.
From:Tyson. 6/11